Warriors, Lady Warriors fall in state tournementWICKES, Ark. — The Lamar Warriors were defeated by the Mayflower Eagles 48-61 in the first round of the Class 3A State Tournament, while the Lamar Lady Warriors fell 52-50 in overtime. The Lady Warriors were led by seniors Susie Nordin (12) with 18 points, Kylee Thomas (14) with 15 points. Also pictured are Sami Oxford (20), Sarah Shaw (11) and Lyndsey Frost (13). This was the final high school basketball game for these five seniors. Pictured ...

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Lady Rebels win region, head to stateCOAL HILL — When the post season began, the Johnson County Westside Lady Rebels had a saying: “Eight games to the state tournament.” Right now, the team is 4-0 through those eight, with four games left in front of them. The Lady Rebels are 26-5 overall and finished the season 15-0 in their home gym — even after hosting the Class 2A West Region Tournament last week. “We are all aware of what is in front of us,” Westside head coach Steve Golden ...

Lady Apaches bumped from state tourneyOZARK — The Pottsville Lady Apaches made their exit from the Class 4A State Tournament after a 66-36 loss to the Central Arkansas Christian (CAC) Lady Mustangs on Friday inside the Hillbilly Activity Center. Pottsville gave up an 8-0 run to open the game and never quite recovered. The Lady Apaches pulled within three- and one points in the first and second quarter, but once the Lady Mustangs went up 15 points early in the third quarter, Pottsv...

State tournaments delayed againThe 2014-15 State Basketball Tournament has been pushed back another day thanks to another dose of inclement weather that struck the area on Wednesday. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin Wednesday, but was moved to Thursday and then again to today after the Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) determined roads between participating schools were unsafe for travel. The postponement will push the semifinal round in each classificat...

Jones feels confident in Lady Apaches softballPOTTSVILLE — Lady Apaches head coach Greg Jones said he feels pretty good about this years softball team. “This is probably the most athletic team I’ve ever coached,” he said. “We’ve got some young talent. We’re going to get some young girls in there and we’re excited about it.” The Lady Apaches graduated four starters last season, but Jones said he has experience returning to the field this season. Jones listed senior Teddy Bailey, Rachel Wri...

Yates' 53 leads Gators over EaglesDANVILLE — The Two Rivers Gators took third in the Class 3A Region 1 tournament with a 94-86 double-overtime victory over the Paris Eagles on Monday. The Gators were led by Morgan Yates’ astonishing 53 points, with Garot Brimm scoring 12 and Logan Jones scoring 11. At the end of the first quarter the Gators trailed 22-10. Two Rivers fell behind 38-25 at halftime and slipped behind by as many as 21 points in the third quarter. The Gators soon b...

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Hector falls to QuitmanCOAL HILL — The Hector Lady Wildcats suffered a 58-50 loss to the Quitman Lady Bulldogs in the semifinals of the Class 2A West Region Tournament inside Rebel Gymnasium on Monday. Hector led 10-7 after the first quarter, but fell behind 27-21 at halftime. After the third quarter the Bulldogs pulled ahead 39-28. The Lady Wildcats were led in scoring by Laken Stanek with 20, Alyssa Millsaps with 17, Darci Fountain with six, Avery Williams with fi...

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Warriors take second at region tourneyDANVILLE — The Lamar Warriors defeated the Two Rivers Gators 56-50 in the semifinals of the Class 3A Region 1 Tournament on Sunday. Leading scorers for Lamar were Daniel McCarley with 21 and Zack Brown with 13. Morgan Yates scored 21 points for the Gators, while Garot Brimm scored 16 and Colby Whitlow scored 11. Lamar was defeated by Charleston 56-53 in the championship on Monday. Paris SG 51, Lamar 33 DANVILLE — The Lamar Lady Warriors were d...

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RHS basketball heads to stateThe Russellville Cyclones and Lady Cyclones will head to the Class 6A state tournament today, assuming another round of winter weather doesn’t further disrupt Russellville's basketball seasons. There is icy weather in the forecast, but at press time the Cyclones will play Benton at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, while the Lady Cyclones will take on El Dorado at 7 p.m. in Siloam Springs. Both teams were forced to cancel their final two regular-season ...

Sand Lizards fall to Subiaco in regional championshipPOTTSVILLE — The Dardanelle Sand Lizards succumbed to an intense Subiaco Academy Trojans defense Monday as the Trojans defeated the Sand Lizards 66-53 in the championship game of the 4A North Regional Tournament at George Jones Gymnasium. Dardanelle tied the game at 24-24 early in the third quarter before Subiaco used a 19-5 run to take control. Though the Sand Lizards trimmed the lead to seven late in the third quarter, Subiaco went on a 20-9...

Wonder Boys tie for fourth at Las Vegas Desert ClassicLAS VEGAS, Nev. — Alex Mahlik carded a final-round 73 (+1) to finish in a tie for second place as the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys golf team tied for fourth on Monday at the Las Vegas Desert Classic. The Wonder Boys combined to shoot a final-round 302 to finish with a two-round score of 596, finishing tied with Missouri-St. Louis. The two were one stroke behind third-place West Florida, four strokes behind Oklahoma Christian in second place, and ...

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Cyclones to open season TuesdayThe Russellville Cyclones baseball team will enter the 2015 season with a target on its back. It is, after all, the defending Class 6A state champion. It returned two of its top pitchers and boasts a particularly deep roster. “Winning state again should be any team’s ultimate goal,” Russellville head coach Matt Long said. “I mean, yes, I think it is possible with this group and that all starts with pitching.” Russellville defeated the Marion P...

Lady Cyclones look for another state runThe Russellville Lady Cyclones softball team learned last season it takes more than a Division I athlete at pitcher to win the Class 6A state title. Russellville’s senior pitcher Andrea Kindrick was 21-3 from the circle, struck out 296 batters across 142 innings and threw seven no-hitters for a 0.30 ERA last season, yet the Lady Cyclones were defeated by the Benton Panthers in the semifinals of the Class 6A state tournament. “It was a wake-up ...

Pirates win season openerDOVER — Pirates head coach Jason McGhee gave the game ball to senior Caleb Dale after Tuesday’s 7-1 victory over the Booneville Bearcats at J.P. Lovelady Park. In his first ever varsity start, Dale only gave up two hits. Until the fifth inning he had a no-hitter. “The key to him being successful was just getting that first out,” McGhee said. “Once he did that he was able to string it together.” The Pirates played Monday’s season opener as temp...

Local basketball games delayed — againAnother round of winter weather moved through the area on Friday and further disrupted the Russellville Cyclones and Lady Cyclones basketball season. Russellville was scheduled to host Mount Saint Mary and Little Rock Catholic on Saturday for their final regular season games of the year, but the games were canceled due to weather and will not be rescheduled. Both teams will accept a forfeit on their record as they move into the Class 6A state ...

Dardanelle shocks Arkansas Baptist to advance to regional championshipPOTTSVILLE – Sometimes, the third time isn’t the charm. For the Dardanelle Sand Lizards, it was the fourth. After falling to the Arkansas Baptist Eagles twice in the regular season and once in the 4A-4 District Tournament, the Sand Lizards finally got the best of the Eagles in a thrilling 49-46 victory Friday night in the semifinals of the 4A North Regional Tournament at a packed George Jones Gymnasium. After using a 10-0 third quarter run to ...

School officials: Coach fired for violating spending rulesNORTH LITTLE ROC (AP) — A football coach has publicly released a termination letter from the North Little Rock School District stating that he failed to follow district rules on how to handle nearly $140,000 in purchases. The letter to coach Brad Bolding admonishes him for the purchase of supplies and equipment made between late August 2013 and January 2014. Officials also reportedly stated Bolding misspent two state grants totaling about $9,0...

Lady Apaches fall 43-29 to Prairie GrovePOTTSVILLE — The first and third quarters doomed the Pottsville Lady Apaches Friday as they fell to the Prairie Grove Lady Tigers 43-29 in the semifinal round of the 4A North Regional Tournament at George Jones Gymnasium. The Lady Apaches scored just five points in the first quarter and two in the third as Pottsville was outscored 20-7 in those periods. The Lady Tigers led 14-5 early in the second quarter before Pottsville went on a 6-0 run to...

Van Buren game canceled amid winter weatherIt’s been a weird year for the Russellville Cyclones basketball team. Russellville has endured key injuries, scorebook controversies and winter weather this season. That’s why head coach Codey Mann wasn’t entirely surprised when he got the call to turn around and go home as the team traveled to Van Buren on Friday for one of their last regular-season games of the year. It was snowing. Again. Two of the three games Russellville was scheduled to...